Editor’s Note: I wrote a book to help believers overcome obstacles in prayer! Learn more about When Prayer Is a Struggle or buy it on Amazon. Prayer is often hard, and suffering only makes it harder. Some suffering comes as we survey wicked people enjoying success. If you’re like me, it drives you crazy when you observe people advancing […]
Psalms
Review of The Psalms Project’s Volume 4: Psalms 31–38
The Psalms have always been incredibly relevant, but they have special value to anxious and uncertain times like ours. That’s just one reason I’m glad to review and recommend The Psalms Project’s latest offering, Volume 4: Psalms 31–38. I’ve shared about the Psalms Project before. The project is Shane Heilman’s brainchild. You’d think that a […]
How to Meditate on Scripture: Learning from Luther’s Example
The first Psalm describes the man who meditates on Scripture as blessed, nourished, fruitful, prosperous, and enduring. Everyone wants those results. Truly attaining them is another thing. We must be people who meditate deeply on Scripture, drinking in deeply of its glorious truths and connecting them to our hearts so that our lives reflect the impact […]
10 Artists with Worship Albums Based on the Psalms
“Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.” —Psalm 95:2 The Psalms are a treasure trove of theology-laden, emotion-driven songs of praise. Singing them is a way to let the Word of Christ dwell in us richly (Colossians 3:16) and live by the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18–19). They […]
James Hely Hutchinson on the Psalms — Overview and Structure (Audio Resource)
James Hely-Hutchinson is the Director of Belgian Bible Institute and a master of the Psalms. He shared these lectures at a RML (Read Mark Learn) Overview Weekend at St. Helen’s Bishopsgate in the UK. You may be familiar with the two Read Mark Learn studies from Christian Focus: John and Romans. (See my post sharing […]
